A girl named Dinah lived in South Carolina She wrote a letter to a friend in China Dear Ling Lu, How are you? I love my bike. Love, Dinah The letter went out in the afternoon mail It went by truck, it went by rail It was a loaded on a boat on its way to China All the way from South Carolina When the letter got to China it was loaded on a van And a man took the letter to Ling Lu San Ling Lu wrote a letter back to Dinah And sent it off to South Carolina Dear Dinah, How are you? I like my bike but I love egg drop soup (giggles). Love, Ling Lu Ling Lu's letter came by ocean liner And Dinah thought Ling's letter couldn't be finer